Latest posts tagged with #chipcarving on Bluesky
Four completed crosses in basswood with golden pecan stain applied.
The Rose Cross in progress, shown with my small chip-carving knife.
I'm nearing the end of my goal. I finished these four crosses today and I only have the rose cross to finish tomorrow! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
10-cm cross chip-carved in basswood.
10-cm praying-angel cross chip-carved in basswood.
The last two ten-centimeter crosses are carved! I will apply a finish after I complete the last two larger crosses, so i can stain them all at once. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Original design on paper by mychipcarving.com, my modification, adding the center circle-completed carving, and the newer mods with rose and smaller cross.
Closeup of new design. Chip-carved rose started
The evolution of my thoughts...The original pattern, the modified carving with a circle, and the modified-modified design with a rose and smaller cross. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving.
When i start to divide up the geometric spaces, I try to think about how to make it interesting.
The dots are where the deep points are.
Another design, which should be easier to carve than the last one I posted. We'll see. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Transferring the design onto the wood using a heat transfer tool.
Checking to make sure the lines transfered
Side A is on the wood, ready to cut out.
One side of this double-sided star is carved. I'm working on the other side
Three out of nine double-sided, ten-pointed stars are in progress. These photos show the transfer of patterns onto the wood using a heat transfer tool. I carved one of the designs yesterday! I started carving the flip-side this morning. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
A sugar skull themed Jack o’ Lantern I carved for the Halloween event at the museum several years ago.
Block printed Tshirt I made featuring the Grateful Dead’s iconic “steal your face” skull with a six-pointed rosette in the middle. Beneath it are a pair of crossed chip carving knives.
A hand built ceramic coffee cup with a Grateful Dead stealie on it. It’s lumpy and the colours didn’t come out as I had hoped, but the coffee tastes just as good as if it had.
A print of Mari Lwyd- the festive Yuletide rap-battling undead horse of Welsh tradition - which I did in 2024 to support an art auction for victims of domestic violence in the UK.
QRP with your skull art!
#art #chipcarving #pottery #samhain
A new five-pointed star in basswood.
I got everything done that I did today! Chasing stars...
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
A compass and pencil on a piece of paper with 4.5 centimeters circles drawn.
Four ten-pointed star chip-carving designs on paper.
I started designing some new rosettes, stars, ornaments for #ChipCarving. These are five/ten divisions of a circle using a compass and ruler. There is something very exciting to me about creating geometric patterns.
Two more ten-centimeter crosses. Cutting curves and long, skinny chips are my weakness I guess. More practice!
Playing with new designs and shadows. On the cross to the left, I wondered what it would look like with an inward-beveled edge all the way around, meeting a vertical wall. Then I kept the rest simple.
I tried to fit an angel on the other cross and make it into a chip carving. #ChipCarving
Three basswood crosses chip-carved and stained with Minwax oil-based golden pecan stain.
What they look like finished! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Another small cross completed.
The same small cross in progress, shown with a chip carving knife.
I started this one last night, and now its ready to finish! So many tiny chips make my neck sore. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
8. A chip-carved cross in progress.
9. A chip-carved cross in progress.
10. The near-complete design. Next cut it out, sand and fine-tune, then finish.
11. Same cross shown at an angle with the two knives that I used.
Nearly carved. Progress today! This is my near-final design. I will be too tired after work to finish this cross today. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving.
4. Cross chip carving in progress
5. Cross chip carving in progress
6. Cross chip carving in progress.
7. Cross chip carving in progress.
Today's progress... #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
A new cross designs started on Basswood. Shown with compass and ruler.
There is something very satisfying about designing something right on the wood! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
All eight crosses in this set are finished! I have five more blanks cut, to try my own designs.
Ta-Da! All eight designs by John Niggemeyer, from Woodcarving Illustrated. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving with only a few minor variations.
Crosses four and five finished. Basswood with golden pecan stain.
I finished crosses four and five out of eight today. Three more tomorrow! Then I'll show them all together. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
My fifth out of eight designs by John Niggemeyer, Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. Shown here, pattern, Carving in progress, photo of finished carving from magazine article.
This one is delicate and time consuming because of the tiny chips! Number five of eight!
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Three out of eight John Niggemeyer designs from Woodcarving Illustrated magazine. The one on the right is unfinished Basswood. The other two are stained and oiled.
Three out of eight in this series!
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Cross two of eight completed.
Small cross number two of eight completed. More to come!
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Today I saw this carving i carved in 2018 hanging on the wall at my daughter's house. Im planning another relief carving with roses and this celtic cross. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
This is my second project chip carving a painted surface. I thought I would paint the edges and back but I will leave it with a wax finish. This is a Barry McKenzie design.
#ChipCarving #Woodcarving
Chip-carved cross next to the pattern. Basswood with oil-based golden-pecan stain applied.
One out of eight completed!
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
My latest-finished cross on the left, then thirteen cross blanks cut out. Eight patterns in front of them. On the right, cross necklace blanks im still cutting out.
Next up, these eight cross designs by John Niggemeyer, plus five more blanks to experiment with. Then a few more cross necklaces. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
The same Celtic-style cross shown with more carving progress.
Part of the problem of carving little tiny chips, is blurry, itchy allergy eyes. But it's a good thing the flaws will disappear into the shadows as I clean up and finish this piece. The odds of completing this carving today are looking pretty good! #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
The same Celtic-style cross carving in progress. Shown with my chip-carving knife, on my black work mat.
Its hard to make progress on work days, especially when I'm working all day and evening. But progress it is...I will finish this by Saturday night. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
Original pattern next to modified design, circle completed. Shown with my chipcarving knife.
Progress. I wanted to break up the long spanse of woven wood, so I took the liberty of modifying the original pattern. My own spin on it, inside of circle carved. So far so good. Original pattern from Mychipcarving.com
#ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
A new work in progress, a celtic cross shown next to the knife i'm using.
Next up, this Celtic-style cross. I am changing the pattern a little bybaddingba circle. This is to break up the endless weave. #ChipCarving, #WoodCarving
